Tamil films as India's Oscar Nominee

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While many of us wish Oscars to have a look at Tamil movies, the fact remains that Tamil movies dont even get looked at by Indian film board as a possible Indian nominee for Oscars.

Consider movies like 'Rang De Basanti', 'Eklavya' ... They are not even the best Hindi movies of those years and consistently Tamil films get ignored in that.

In the past, there have been so many movies that were unique, non-masala-ish, gritty Oscar nomination material from Kollywood.

1. Veedu. This was a brilliant piece by Balu Mahendra. It had the cultural feel of what goes on as well as the technical quality.

2. Anbe Sivam. A very nice piece about communist ideals versus current realism, mixed with a buddy story.

3. Roja. Remove the songs and other unreal masala elements and this makes a good case (Was this nominated that year?)

4. Kannathil Muthamittal. Nice theme and well made story. Even the song sequences here are well mixed in with the story.

Can you think of other movies that are of the Oscar type?

And, is there any sort of push that Kollywood folks should be doing to get some of the Tamil movies more recognition?

In terms of Oscar qualities, we can easily see some of the trends:

1. Feel good (not usually a tragedy)
2. Not violent (except when Silence of Lambs happened. Vettayadu Vilayadu, anyone?)
3. Handicapped protagonist (Gump, My left foot, Million dollar baby, Philadelphia, ...)
4. One or two major performances by the actors involved
5. ...?

In a simple glance, we already had a movie that would have fit all these categories - Anbe Sivam...